Thermal laser probe angioplasty: Influence of constant tip temperature, plaque composition, and probe/vessei diameter ratio

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 420-426

  Vincent, G Michael ^a   Fox, Jolene ^a   Johnson, Michael D ^a   Strickland, Richard ^b   Garry, Stacey L ^a   Hammond, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HGM Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; atherosclerosis; hot tip

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARGON LASER; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIFICATION; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTHERMIA; LASER COAGULATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN;

ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; ANIMAL; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DOGS; HUMAN; IN VITRO; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0025145054     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900100504     Document Type: Article

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